#56199E#56199E

#56199E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.192 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56199E
RGB	rgb(86, 25, 158)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 84.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.14, 52.88, -59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.14, 79.74, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(39.63% 0.0873 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(39.63% 0.192 297)
XYZ	xyz(10.3553, 5.1421, 32.7881)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56199E #619E19

analogous

#191E9E #56199E #98199E

triadic

#56199E #9E5619 #199E56

tetradic

#56199E #9E191E #619E19 #199E98

square

#56199E #9E191E #619E19 #199E98

split-complementary

#56199E #9E9819 #1E9E19

monochromatic

#1C0834 #391169 #56199E #7321D3 #934EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#56199E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#56199E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56199E

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56199E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56199E	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42415E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56199e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 25, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.192 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fbc',
    500: '#56199e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56199e;
$custom-light: #8e5fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56199e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.519,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39632,
    "c": 0.19206,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.05142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56199E

secondary

#8EC54E

accent

#EF389B

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #56199E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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